When a baby appears in the house, many questions arise with him: what is the norm for a newborn, and what is a deviation from it, when you need to worry and worry, and when everything is in perfect order. Especially often young mothers are concerned about the baby's breathing. This is not surprising, since the breathing of babies is very different from that of an adult.
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Step 1
The breathing of a newborn baby is very light, literally shallow. Sometimes it is difficult to understand if the baby is breathing at all, especially in a dream. This is the norm for newborn babies.
Step 2
The first few weeks of life, the baby breathes unevenly, the breathing rhythm is constantly changing, any activity or external stimulus can affect the change in the rhythm. After a couple of months, the baby's breathing will become smoother and more stable.
Step 3
The breathing rate of a newborn is much more rapid than that of an adult. The average frequency of a sigh in a baby's sleep in the first year of life is about 35-40 per minute, during wakefulness this figure will be even higher. This is also completely normal.
Step 4
The nasal passages of newborns are very narrow, so any speck is enough to provoke a sneeze. In this case, the main task of the parents is not to overdo it with care. If, in addition to periodic sneezing, there are no other signs of a cold in the child, then, most likely, everything is in perfect order with him.
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But such an interesting feature of newborn babies, as the inability to breathe through the mouth, requires the close attention of parents. The fact is that in the first weeks, and sometimes months of life, the baby simply does not know how to breathe air through the mouth, which means that any nasal congestion - due to a cold or simply due to the accumulation of mucus - becomes a real problem. In order not to provoke breathing difficulties, you should closely monitor the hygiene of the baby's nose. An important rule: you can only clean the nose with a cotton swab, in no case with cotton swabs.
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Another common problem is the breathing sound of newborn babies. The structure of the muscles of the baby's larynx is such that when exhaling air, he often makes an accompanying noise: the baby sniffs, or even snores. It makes sense to worry, in this case, only if the child's puffing is accompanied by additional syndromes: the baby chokes in his sleep, there is a hoarse voice, the general state of health worsens. If no additional symptoms are observed, sonorous breathing will disappear gradually, as the laryngeal muscles develop. Thus, most of the anxiety associated with the breathing of babies is caused primarily by its originality. At the same time, it is important to understand that the breathing of a newborn, as well as the state of his health in general, requires close, but not excessive, attention from adults.
